A resposta ôhmica durante medidas de resistência in situ de filmes de polipirrol (ppy) dopados com azul de bromofenol (BPB) foi analisada para se estudar o efeito do pH nas propriedades analíticas dos filmes. As moléculas de BPB foram inseridas na matriz polimérica através de síntese eletroquímica sobre eletrodos digitalizados de ouro. Os filmes de ppy-BPB não apresentaram diminuição da resistê...

A functionalized nylon6/polypyrrole core-shell nanofibers mat (PA6/PPy NFM) was prepared via situ polymerization on nylon6 electrospun nanofibers mat (PA6 NFM) template and used as an adsorbent to remove atrazine from aqueous solutions. The core-shell structure of PA6/PPy NFM can be clearly proved under scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoe...

Polypyrrole (Ppy) was synthesized using Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) as oxidant. The ratio of monomer to oxidant was 1:2.4. The polymerization was carried out at 5 ̊C. Attempts were made to increase the electrical conductivity by using various dopants viz. Lithium per Chlorate (LiClO4), para-Toluene Sulfonate (p-TS) and Napthalene Sulfonic acid (NSA). The materials were characterized using FTIR, X-Ra...

Metal nanoparticles are promising catalysts for dye degradation in treating wastewater despite the challenges of recycling and stability. In this study, we have introduced a simple way to prepare Au@polypyrrole (PPy)/Fe3O4 catalysts with Au nanoparticles embedded in a PPy/Fe3O4 capsule shell. The PPy/Fe3O4 capsule shell used as a support was constructed in one-step, which not only dramatically ...

Water transport in poly(pyrrole/copper phthalocyaninetetrasulfonate) (PPy/CuPTS) films, where cation transport prevails, has been investigated by employing the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) technique, the electrochemical impedance technique, and the electrogravimetric impedance technique. The approximate numbers of accompanying waters per cation for PPy/CuPTS films have bee...

This paper reports a rapid and in-situ electrochemical polymerization method for the fabrication of polypyrrole nanoparticles incorporated reduced graphene oxide (rGO@PPy) nanocomposites on a ITO conducting glass and its application as a counter electrode for platinum-free dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). The scanning electron microscopic images show the uniform distribution of PPy nanoparticl...

Electrically conducting polymers (ECPs) are one of the most popular types of materials to interface ion-selective membranes (ISMs) with electron-conducting substrates to construct solid-contact ion-selective electrodes (SCISEs). For optimal ion-to-electron transduction and potential stability, the p-doped ECPs with low oxidation potentials such as PPy need to be generally in their conducting fo...

Macroporous polypyrrole (PPy)-TiO2 composites were prepared by in situ oxidative polymerization of pyrrole in the macropores of TiO2. The formation mechanism of the PPy nanoparticles, including nucleation and further growth, was proposed by studying the particle growth process with increasing reaction time. The special growth process favors the formation of good cohesion and stabilized interfac...

The octahedral ionic Ir(iii) complex with a dual stereogenic centre of general formula Δ,Λ-(R,S)-[(ppy)2Ir(Me-Campy)]X, where ppy = 2-phenylpyridine and Me-Campy = 2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolin-8-amine, and the complex Λ-(R,S)-[(ppy)2Ir(H-Campy)]X, where ppy = 2-phenylpyridine, H-Campy = 8-amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolines and X(-) = Cl(-) as a counterion in both cases, have been charact...

Conducting polymer actuators such as polypyrrole (PPy) microactuators are interesting candidates to drive autonomous microrobotic devices that require low weight and low power. Simple PPy tri-layer bending type microactuators that operate in air have been demonstrated previously but they lack individual control and had problems with short circuiting due to electrical connections. The lack of mi...